Professor Mark Woolhouse, professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh Britons from other parts of the UK who holidayed in rural Scotland last year did not cause any coronavirus outbreaks, a top Government scientist claimed today. Professor Mark Woolhouse, an infectious disease expert at Edinburgh University, said that, despite being ‘very busy, … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon confirms Scotland WILL return to a tiers system of rules when its national lockdown is eased but ministers say Boris Johnson will focus on ‘a gradual reopening of the whole of England’ under his strategy Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed Scotland will return to geographic levels system The levels system will be re-introduced when … Read more
Britain today confirmed 12,718 new coronavirus cases and 738 deaths amid signs that the country’s outbreak may have stopped shrinking, with a symptom-tracking study suggesting infections are now rising in parts of the UK. ZOE and King’s College app suggests the number of people reporting symptoms of Covid has started rising again in Scotland and … Read more
Scotland’s way ahead Nicola Sturgeon made several announcements today ahead of a full roadmap out of lockdown she expects to present next week. Addressing MSPs in Holyrood she said: Schools would reopen from February 22, starting with limited primary and secondary age groups No other years would return to face-to-face teaching before March 15 Scottish … Read more
Scotland’s first black professor Sir Geoff Palmer will lead an Edinburgh University review into buildings and statues linked with the slave trade. The consultation follows controversy over the university’s decision to rename the David Hume Tower due to the 19th century philosopher’s controversial views on race – including that black people are ‘naturally inferior to … Read more
Comedian Rory Bremner sells his seven-bedroom Scottish country mansion for £2.7m after restoring it to its former glory Comedian Rory Bremner bought the 10,000 square foot property for £1.5 million in 2009 The estate was built for Captain James Paton who made his fortune with the East India Company Paton used a network local informers … Read more
Comedian Rory Bremner sells his seven-bedroom Scottish country mansion for £2.7m after restoring it to its former glory Comedian Rory Bremner bought the 10,000 square foot property for £1.5 million in 2009 The estate was built for Captain James Paton who made his fortune with the East India Company Paton used a network local informers … Read more
Free speech campaigners today blasted Police Scotland over its decision to charge a man over an offensive tweet about Captain Sir Tom Moore. A tweet sent shortly after war hero’s death last Tuesday read: ‘The only good Brit soldier is a deed one, burn auld fella, buuuuurn.’ Joseph Kelly will appear at Lanark Sheriff Court … Read more
A mother and daughter have been stabbed to death before a man crashed a car into a viaduct in a suspected double murder-suicide. Nurse Emma Robertson Coupland, 39, was knifed outside Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, Scotland, at 7.45pm. Her daughter Nicole Anderson, 24, was attacked 20 minutes later near a takeaway shop she worked at and … Read more
Boris Johnson is ‘bailing out’ Nicola Sturgeon‘s stuttering vaccination programme in Scotland by deploying more military personnel to speed it up, a minister said today. Jacob Rees-Mogg made the claim as he batted away SNP demands for more money for Scotland, to be used by politicians there. British Army medics began helping administer jabs in the country … Read more